a giveway! + the fastest chicken noodle soup
....WGWW is out today!
My brand new cookbook, What Goes with What, is out TODAY! You all already know this because you’re so wonderful and supportive.
To celebrate, I am doing a giveaway this week for one lucky newsletter reader!! All subscribers are eligible to enter, not just paid subscribers.
Not only will the winner get a SIGNED copy of the book, they’ll also get in the truly astounding custom box my publisher has put together that also includes:
2 Better Than Bouillon Bases (Seasoned Vegetable and Vegetarian No Chicken)
The "7 Lists" zine that I made for everyone who preordered from Oblong Book…includes doodles by my mom!
An "Endless Possibilities of Salad Dressings" postcard
How cute is it??!?!?!
And here’s a look inside:
To enter, just click on the button below and fill out the form (entry ends end of the day next Monday / US residents only — apologies to my international friends!). Flatiron Books will be in touch with the winner for shipping info!
Today I’m just going to take it easy and play in the annual Long Season Farm softball game (wish us luck! we’re going up against Tributary Farm!), but maybe see you in Manhattan tomorrow at the Rizzoli bookstore? Or this weekend in Kingston or Rhinebeck? Or next week in Seattle or Chicago? Or the week after in DC, Connecticut or Brooklyn? Or next month in Ohio?!
As today is a very special occasion in my tiny corner of the world, I thought it would be fun to share one of my favorite recipes from WHAT GOES WITH WHAT for the easy lunch recipe today!! It’s the FASTEST CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP and is just that. The whole things takes less than half an hour and it’s perfect. The thing that really makes it sing is a little minced raw garlic added just before serving. This is a trick I now do with most soups and it makes SUCH A DIFFERENCE. To mince my garlic quickly and make it into almost a paste that dissolves easily, I just grate a clove on my Microplane zester (this is the one I’ve had for over a decade). I also do this for salad dressings.
I love soup for lunch because of all the reasons I love soup: it’s warm and cozy and so satisfying. This one is filled with chicken and noodles so it’s nice and substantial, but if soup is alone is not enough for you for a meal (I see you
!) I get that because I never eat soup without something on the side, whether it’s just a toasted, buttered roll, a wedge of cornbread, or a sandwich. So do whatever you want but please make this soup because I think you’ll be surprised by how fast and easy it is! Kids love it, too!
FASTEST CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP
From WHAT GOES WITH WHAT. Copyright © 2024 by Julia Turshen. Reprinted with permission of Flatiron Books. All rights reserved.
This is truly the quickest chicken noodle soup ever: once you’ve cut up your chicken and carrots, it takes about 15 minutes. Seriously! And it’s just about the most comforting pot of food I know. After cooking the chicken and carrots with some seasoning, you just add boiling water and Better Than Bouillon paste and egg noodles. Once those are cooked, stir in some minced raw garlic (crucial), and then serve topped with herbs, if you’d like. Note that the longer this soup sits on low heat, the more the noodles will soften and absorb the broth. This is not a bad thing! Just a thing to be aware of if you don’t think you and yours will consume all the soup, or most of it, in one sitting. And leftovers can always be stretched with extra broth.
Makes about 3 quarts (serves about 6 to 8)
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